Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 30 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Don't Look Up' Atop Netflix Over Holiday Weekend, 'Resident Evil' Sequel Scores at Home 'Venom' and Bond Still Lead VOD Charts as 'Lost Daughter' Makes Impressive Netflix Debut Aided by top-drawer casts (including Ryan Gosling and Leonardo DiCaprio) and the feel of populist expose, both were boosted by an anti-Wall Street zeitgeist. They deciphered the world of market strategies, turning them into relatable dramas. “ The Big Short” (based on Michael Lewis’ non-fiction account of Wall Street firms reaping profits from the 2008 financial collapset) and “Wolf of Wall Street” (based on the career of broker Jordan Belford) clicked with the public a few years after the financial meltdown.

This rapid response parallels what happened last February when Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 “Contagion” flew high with its story that paralleled the then-emergent COVID-19 pandemic. That places them ahead of all but two current releases (“Tenet” and “Greenland”) as the most-ordered titles. Days after the Reddit-led consumer buys of struggling GameStop, AMC Theaters, and other stocks, two of the most successful recent films about Wall Street manipulation are soaring high in home rentals.Īpple TV, usually the quickest to detect trends and spot immediate response, currently has Adam McKay’s 2015 “ The Big Short” at #3 and Martin Scorsese’s 2013 “ The Wolf of Wall Street” at #4. The Robinhood effect has now extended to the movies.

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